The Monarch Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,760 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,760 Feet (1,146 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.98639, -118.18417
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Monarch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monarch Mine
Secondary: Extension Ajax
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Wilcox Estate, Bakersfield, California
Years: 1949 -
Owner Name: Golden Ace Mining Co. 40)
Years: 1938 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AJAX VEIN ASSAYED $5/TON IN GOLD AND SILVER
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 ROUGHLY PARALLEL VEINS, THE AJAX AND KARMA. BOTH ARE CUT OFF BY FAULT WHICH STRIKES EAST. AJAX VEIN 18 FT IN THICKNESS ;KARMA VEIN UP TO 45 FT IN THICKNESS.
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT DRIVEN S74W FOR 587 FT; 294 FT WEST OF PORTAL, TUNNEL INTERSECTS AJAX VEIN; 542 FT WEST OF PORTAL IT CUTS KARMA VEIN. 400 FT WORTH OF CROSSCUT, A TUNNEL, TRENCHES AND PEN CUTS MAN ALONG AJAX VEIN.
Comment (Geology): K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): ONE CLAIM 740 FEET WIDE BY 1687 FEET LONG.
Comment (Location): ADJOINS KARMA MINE ON THE SOUTH
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., AND OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 230, PL. 17
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